Ladies and gentlemen today is Monday December seventeenth two thousand and twelve
it's the money you select board meeting the meetings being taped and also we ask if
anybody has any cell phones to police turn them off or put them on. I
don't want proof of the minutes nine hundred twenty six December December third
intent going to have
a stand they are not complete at this time OK so we'll table that it's
scheduled for seven zero one we have the personnel board votes may be taken.
Changes to comp time policy for example now and I understand there's
a department head that wishes to see your son they're not available tonight so one
table that I think we could have discussed it except there are two different
options and I was curious which one frankly I thought when I was frankness and also
yes. Next I guess we have posting of the excess thing technician position.
However you want. From.
Here to. Be.
Your. Own case you just want to do the internal Well I mean when I got the
impression that we just started the internal stuff I don't have to come back to you
for. This. And this is for an assessing for
time. The position that the right.
To make motions you please Oh right OK. How many hours and
we proceed with the internal posting of the assessing technician full time position
for the board of assessors. Thirty five hour
a week position with benefits. Let's see Grade three
page step one fourteen twenty eight two step eighteen twenty dollars per hour
depending on the candidates. So. OK motion the second we have
the discussion. Cover letter and resume resume to Frank of
a OK town administrator it's
a good according to it's. OK By five thirty pm on December twenty second
twenty seventh twenty seventh OK any questions now this is internal It rose point
so all those in favor I. Thank you thank you very much. Next
we have scheduled the boys were running ahead of schedule right of George we might
gave us votes may be taken.
Oh he's coming in OK. Maybe
a conflict of interest OK. Disclosure by not
a lector of municipal employees
a financial interest. Richard Ruth is.
A alternate and he has that sounding board of appeals he has some concern that
being on the board and with NE solar company being involved with solar panels going
into town he's concerned that they may come before his board and
he might have
a conflict of interest because he at one time had one installation and stopped by
NE solar for a hot water system that he used on a house for
a house that he was contracted to build. Good that was. One
job and he actually didn't well I suppose he got
a little month Terry gain but that person is no longer an employee and he doesn't
have any other. Involvement with NE soldier so I think all
he's actually doing is just disclosing the parents of conflict of interest and
therefore that's what we've done. I don't think we need to take
a boat to you when you. Except. Maybe that was too quick.
You want to do like that around the boomers. Well.
Yeah. Show we do this so cellphone study from the window sure.
OK. So it's come
to our attention that when the US are in
a state of the system Tiger I guess the Board of Selectmen does need to use her
cell phone for work related questions when she's not in the office and she's
estimating her work time to be about fifteen percent weekly and basically the same
percentage monthly basis. While at work she doesn't actually use the cell phone
so I would make
a motion that we authorize the cell phone stipend requests to be bogus from the
Board of Selectmen Department for. To allow her to
use her cell phone appropriately with that statement so I can. What is it twenty
five dollars it's twenty five or thirty five so it's OK at the rate of five dollars
and seventy seven cents
a week. OK Any discussion here and none I was in favor I.
Q.J.
Was the. Both the designation
of environmental certifying officer for
a couple towns OK What is that. It
must be probably when we have issues like the clean up of the debris pile and
things like that perhaps that we might need some somebody in the town to certify
that the town of following proper regulation believe.
You already. You. Remarkable thirty five
years for whatever Oh I suppose if there's lead in there things like that they're
all kinds of if if I'll make
a motion that way. Let him make the motion. And I can offer some question.
Oh actually no you Chris you just designate employee don't have to make
a motion Yeah I see that now. OK. Mr Rose.
Let's go to it's not very clear as to what training or knowledge you have to use
that with Mike White that was going to be my question you know it's nice to talk
but you know. Go and work. In the world now with.
What would you know I don't know we'd have to investigate. Truthfully and.
How many years has he been signing office.
All right well put I want to know what you want to say that doesn't really make it
relatively well. The request for rep to search advisory committee so.
What are we waiting for
a we're waiting for moonlight. That's not that. Where
is that one. OK. The school.
Yeah I know it's in here that's that's this one that's the. Application.
The search advisory committee Yeah. Where you find it so you can.
OK this been named the Taishan place in the newspaper is
a press release and sent to staff members this is from the superintendent's office
and the girl Montague Regional School District and. They would like to
select board members on the committing this is for the search for the prominent
superintendent of the school one so one select board member from each town so they
are searching for the next superintendent they are seeking representatives to serve
on a search advisory committee which will be responsible for narrowing
a semifinalist field of eight to ten candidates to three to five finalists the
search advisory committee will be comprised of fifteen individuals three teachers
three parents two administrators one student one senior citizen to select
a board member one for me to town one spread director and two community members the
applications actually then this would be for the public as well if they are
interested in being on this committee. There the committee will meet with
theirs search advisor advisor Pat career on Thursday January seventeenth at six pm
on Wednesday February six to review the selection criteria interviews will take
place March eleventh twelfth thirteenth and eighteenth and nineteenth and will be
scheduled be getting at six pm each evening and then to get nine fifteen the
selection of the three to five finalists will occur after the last interview on
March nineteenth so any interested party who would like to be considered for the
advisory committee should notify the school committee in writing by January fourth
two thousand and thirteen the letters of interest can be sent to the bill Montague
Regional School department thirty five cracker Avenue turners falls mass or one
three seven six attention Joyce Philips superintendent search so that's the go
Montague school at thirty five cracker Avenue in Turner's attention Joyce Phillips
So anyone who might be interested in any of those positions that are open it would
be good for them to hear from them and meanwhile they're looking for
a slight board member from Montague and from. Syria different
from a survivor community in
a search committee. Where they're just advising I think to the school committee
home make the ultimate decision would be my guess for why they are. With the drum
and I would like to see maybe that they are seeking members for would be
responsible for doing down the number from. D.
To A or B.
. But they don't have the final I mean I don't know why that. Semantics.
Creation we do the recommendation for the fiscal year two thousand and thirteen see
. That want to thank you.
Our request OK this was a recommendation from the ad hoc social service R.F.P.
Review committee to us to recommend for inclusion in the fiscal year two thousand
and thirteen C B G application they had received proposals from Montague Catholic
social ministries with the program Family Learning together which is
a program of their early childhood literacy education and care and another proposal
from Franklin County Home Care Corporation the Meals on Wheels program in the ad
hoc review committee was Frank Walter Ramsay and Bruce Hunter from the housing
rehab authority they evaluated all those proposals and feel that they both should
be included in towns fiscal year two thousand and thirteen community development
block grant application so I will make
a motion that we include both money good Catholic social ministries program and
Franklin County home care corporations program as previously mentioned in the
fiscal year two thousand and thirteen C B B G application second. Discussion.
All those things I. Like. OK Who has the original. We
all have some. Case people
come in
a little later we're waiting for someone who doesn't need to be here until seven
twenty but with which is quite
a lot of ourselves so we're wandering around our agenda.
Could. You run into the ground with
a. Kind of I'll just stay here. Every
year we. Have requests from the local liquor establishment is the
bars and restaurants to stay open till two am on New Year's Eve. At this point the
rendezvous has specifically come forward movement quest at that. But I will make
a motion that we allow Wendy how would you term all these organizations.
What would be
a good. We're just doing the right people or only you know
usually we go along because otherwise they won't be allowed they open and we don't
have another meeting OK. He said I want to request it.
But you know. You run the rooms tends to be
a little ahead of you. But how about if we if we make it for everyone that
we just have them notify to call the Turkestan they are yeah you can't say anything
because your head's OK make
a motion that we allow the on premises license establishment to stay open until two
am on January first two thousand and thirteen as we have in the past second OK we
have
a hand up Mr REYNOLDS. You know it's just that I go back you. Just the
on premises once Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
We have discussion all those in favor I. Abstain.
Thank you Bush and Kerry so. OK Which do we go to here well
do we need Mr Davis here. It would be. So he
could then tell us what the graph was for.
Us. I could do the upcoming meeting very slowly.
Yeah. The next next regularly scheduled selection meeting will be held on
Monday January seventh two thousand and thirteen at seven pm in this meeting room
as usual but meanwhile we should tell you that the town hall will be closed of
course we're always close on Friday but the town hall will be closed on Monday
December twenty fourth Tuesday December twenty fifth and then Tuesday January first
two thousand and thirteen so that everyone can enjoy the holidays. So I say that
again. One says that Mr Reynolds has his own Mr Wells regime who
was. Just. Here for the same problem you know
fire in the engine across our right of way. That we want to move and
hold it was
a wire crossing where you were so it would be stuck and we haven't heard we have
heard their report was to go back to the telling me this traitor who I have not
heard
a report from. You have some ideas of plans to. Convey
this point one discussed. By just saying take it one hundred three minutes ago.
Personally I'm not going to since I have this report. We'd like to see
you John. Everybody as much as you like to come. But after
saying maybe we could put that on the fan you're
a seventh link since it sounds as though there has been
a. Study and I did ask him to go to whoever they sent up there I did ask him to go
or not just by the rogue what is now Pastor you know from when the world whatever
does one pastor but all the way to the cemetery seekers I think there is might be
other obstructions up there and I want to report on all of that.
OK where do we go from here. Oh it's it's not it's
a quote some. OK it's not his fault that we're early but
even still why don't we got everybody who was reasonably in from the next one.
Right now feel great OK scheduled for actually seven twenty two to Richmond where
Davis first OK. Disclosure by not elected Miss it will
ploy
a financial interest OK. So George moonlight
Davis is the chairperson of the Montague Cultural Council but he has been awarded
a grant from Vermont to give Cultural Council two of two hundred fifty dollars to
perform in Montagu he said he left he recused himself so he left the room and did
not vote on the matter when it came up the only thing we don't know is. What he's
doing. So he has made
a disclosure. That he is a non-elected nestled employee who does have
a financial interest and I think the determination by if pointing
Thora he would be that we would allow him to receive this Grantham proceeds since
he was not involved and vote on this matter I'd be curious to know
one of the things I was curious about was when did he apply for the green up. When
we just did it take so long to walk over we just appointed him didn't we just not
that long ago well I'm ranter if the Grand Prix preheat his grant you have occasion
preceded his appointment then that if I didn't I'd be
a lot more concerned about it and. I want to table this to the next people.
Could. I didn't. You don't
know any of Wendy.
He. Does it so we don't know if there's any any time time pressures on this or
anything what he's doing. I graduated minimum wage we don't know what he's doing we
don't know all the background of when the grant was applied for. That's on it on
hold and we don't and we don't know if it's time sensitive POS where he goes to
show up before the meeting that we were. At work or OK.
On schedule for seven twenty five we're close while to RAMSI town planner boats may
be taken are proven signed two thousand and thirteen a D.P.P.
Battlefield grant application and you have everybody here probably right you're
going. To need to get records.
If they speak. When they did you know everybody in the room. But I
just request after we get to the discussion stage if anybody speaks it they state
their name for the record that's all please. Thank you very often it's this is
a formal request for the board to authorize the submission of this crank up if we
flew it to the American about your action program it's
a grant from the National Park Service federal grants for. Forty thousand dollars
in the time contract consultant to actually do this research. On the
ton of money he would be the lead on this up with. The project manager of the
separation. And. We want to go briefly what would exactly where this
variability because I think Alan when I hear. So it's
a partnership coming to you in the Narragansett Indian tribal historic preservation
officer of forcing
a pretty important project that's going to buy the most likely location of the king
Bill's work first of all battlefield and associated sites knowings in terms both
feel that the area in this pesky I'm scared to sit in was specifically relates to
the event. That the curfew that. Well because for the purposes of this grant they
study fields not. Not settlement areas particularly. And.
Begin to examine documentary records and archaeological collections collect oral
histories of the tribal and tribal Indian histories and use military terrain
analysis to identify the location for the battlefields and it's so stated States.
In the avenues of approach in withdrawal are going to contact landowners of these
areas to secure permission to conduct the future archaeological testing the grants
going to enable us to develop
a phased plan approach to take the battlefield as well as its associated sites and
provide some strong permission for the locally proposed Great Falls in need of
cultural park posed as recently as last time. That's kind of
a broad stroke overview I've got some team members here to that you know farm
greater detail about this than I do but I'm. Going to present the project to you
and I'm asked actually asking for three things tonight that's to support and
authorize the chair to submit this as the script application talk Reisa chair to
sign A S F four twenty four form and that's
a request for federal assistance that goes standard with any form to federal grant
. And to authorize the chair to society to sign
a request for support to other towns and tribes because their letters will go in
with this application. Some of the. Surrounding community skilled Greenfield
Deerfield. As well as. The neighboring tribes that when earlier people were talking
about in our field and they mean to say they're down and it's not down Also when
testing. We consider Northfield at one point but I it's not within the scope of
what some see what we whittled down to as our study area and the study area is
quite large so. Seventeen square miles it's hard to really narrow it down but the
real core area is the area lot of pesky I'm scared it's between terror cells and
Riverside and Gil across the river that's where the core study area but the whole
battle field occurred over seventy two square miles between the approaches there
were bits but mostly actually from this down from the south correct.
Would be where he went that anything. That.
Liberty would like to really want to tell you you know the prepared there didn't
you need to. Come a long way so yeah right now well water the S.F.
Twenty four East is strictly part of the process. OK I think Mr Reynolds areas you
know if you get I'm curious about the down the road vents you come in with the
information I heard
a figure who stated that this will impact local owners of land and so on and that
there may be some protection issues here from these lands that belong to somebody
else now. That we're going this year. Over where you can talk about
protection but actually taking away but it's different there's different ways to
protect the battlefield and we don't know the best way to do that that's point but
this is just really about assessing I think they're the best way to get the
correction which any new news source ways that lead could be protected when you're
that good at identifying prioritize first bird as. I say OK so I went to bed
actually in here speaking to. Landowners these
earnings sensitivity about what what might happen and recognising you're not
really planning on taking people's land or anything like that no more just talking
with people finding out what they know about it that they might have hard facts are
. Randy and different things like that but I don't want to put words in your mouth
. What you want to move off of is the use of that culture.
And I think. One reasonable outcome of this would have to simply be similar
designation to a historic national
a federal historic district which downtown to this falls is
a national park service that recognizes that. Area historic value and
similar to a designation it was just you know
a property in his job description doesn't mean that. You you're giving up any
interest in it or say. There's no really.
Really does it limits what you can do with building. National Registry Did
you ever get into this you have Mr Bradley Dr I'm. Just very says
through levels. There's no. Recognition one of
the out of love over the. Mysterious people or the other so that it's more
specific to specific illness. And of the first one the light of war
just recognizes the area yes yes he's having his story back but it doesn't
move it and you get individual they only work properly or doing anything with their
bodies the second level usually is. Involved With brings in the
local historical mission and
a lot of this book commission doesn't look good for either of you areas or problems
and then they talk to everybody well and then that's something you have provoked.
I'll say in New York and if the column another of the meters is going on there you
know I don't know me well but they're already identified specifically. For the
people who are in the properties or
a long conversation with them you go over the world but I don't think you're
just of historic recognition this. Would trigger. The release of
it from your living room. It was worth the hassle. But no buildings and more of the
town to. Get right to look at the city the story you recognize the
circus but nobody has to do it. It's set up to simply her stalls were.
Struck districts have the option of pursuing story tax credits if you want to major
development projects and centers for Historic Preservation but was never quite do
it with so one of thanks and so interesting this project is to hopefully really end
up delineating where did things happen what was going on and the
significance of that so you've got this broader area and it will be interesting to
find out because I saw in the plan you have the approach that turned Captain Turner
and William Turner took and them the indigenous forces coming and I've always sort
of wondered exactly what route did he take because you hear and you read books and
things that will be interesting if you can if you can actually set it down so that
when you drive by or walk by will be able to find the path.
OK yes or. I think that part what we're looking forward to is the
opportunity to gather accurate information about what happened during that battle
and then with accurate information to be able to have
a dialogue with in the community so that the community. Shape put on to happen
once they understand what actually occurred. In these United States
it's very difficult to tell someone what to do on their own. It is still there.
And. You can fact there was
a desire to protect it. That would be done because the landowner
has agreed to that's an agreed to do. I would like to then defer
to Dr Paul Robinson. Or another on your bus
I'm as proud of the team. Dr Robinson as the recently
retired State Archaeologist for the state of Rhode Island and we are
into the second year such as battlefield mapping grand here another battle and
massacre took place down the road and so Paulus had more experience than I have
with knocking on the lead on his doors and talking to them so Paul if you could
share with us. How you answer that question it's going to be well let's call it
consensus building ground and for good reason so they do not come on doors
so we go to Riverside go through to kill them down into Deerfield and
bars. And here Montague and then up to play something. Shores
on knock on
a lot of doors and we'll see what people think about the idea to look at our
actions for the project to proceed to the next and so we try to build support try
to build grassroots support one thing about this park service. Program is not top
to bottom on they look for strong local partners. Really critical
success of the project going. To look at people's work. And.
One of the reason I'll go anywhere the local people don't support is because to get
it out to you to define the battlefield you need to do archaeological testing. And
that will come in
a leader phase of the leader grant if this is excess and you can't get out
somebody's property you will test. And so without that. We will feel
that define the valve you will feel even to consider put on the register all this
is certainly years down the road and the several years Journal several years you do
you not count a lot of doors you talk
a lot of people you have meetings you bring people into the process talk about the
history talk about the Yankee history Turner Turner and Turner's descendants will
be important in this because as many as forty of his men were killed on the retreat
so it's not just about an attack on an Indian camp. And women and children home
being killed it's about forty Englishman kills so that's why we look at the Yankee
oral histories and tribal oral histories try to bring it together brick comes out
a little property owners that's where it comes from that's where the strength is
and don't go anywhere without them. Down to the north Smithfield I think one of the
most exciting moments ahead. This is unique in its judgment battle here. We were
sitting in
a meeting where the community had been gathered they were receiving our report to
them of the current stage of the project and there was one man who is probably in
who is sixty. Who got up and said it when he was about eight years
old there was
a. Elder gentleman in the town who had taken Henderson places and told him about
what his father had told him. And to see oral history in action I've seen
it in action on the tribal side that's the work that I do but to see colonial
oral history in action where the story was being told down from both sides
and some of the history that he was talking was Indian oral history so somewhere
along the way there had been discussions between colonial descendants and Indian
descendants about what happened there now this man comes forward from time to time
and we're still looking forward to getting more from him and going to some of the
places that he talked about but that's
a part of the exciting thing that happens and out of that comes
reconciliation. You really start to listen to each other this still is and you
recognize that one that was then and this is now those choices were
made by our people then what choices do we get to make Now what we learn
more about what actually happened. And so.
Reconciliation is a component of that historical knowledge is
a component of. One of the things that we were looking at. Is how do we
help the turn of false communities. Or how can we make good on the
commitment that we made to turn
a false community in two thousand and four to help with your economic development.
We don't have much. What we have is access to our side of the history that happened
in this area and the possibility is that in defining historically what
actually happened here we can draw people to this area to learn more about the
history there are a lot of history buffs there are
a lot of kids in classrooms whose parents would be happy to bring them for two or
three days day in this area. To walk those places once those places have been
defined. And is our expectation how that comes. Economic development.
Comes. Bed and Breakfasts. Motels.
The various things that people need when they come to a place to spend
a few days and it's if in fact we can make good on what we needed to deal
with this community. By working through our combined oral
history and our combined historic experience in this place. Then we we've done
what we committed and as I stated in the last year I sit almost nightly with the
medicine man who did this ceremony that was called for here and I've been asked
more than once if we made good on what we promised up there in term of office. And
my answer here is certainly do IT work and. So my question is.
Do we have
a partner. In. So we'd like to get complete we'd like to be able to
hear this body in the newspaper is a true false X.
Number of hundreds of thousands of dollars from tourism historical truth
preservation tours that's. Been. The only
smiled. And it's I think also one one aspect I really
appreciate is how I think Fairfield has some of the piece of it but this can be the
complimentary piece that pulls the whole thing together and I think their fill the
historic day of Phil this started moving trying to recognize the other side of the
equation if we develop something here what
a great relationship that could be. I'm I will make
a motion that all right see if I can read it right now make
a motion to support the two thousand and thirteen.
American battlefield Grant Well it's significant battlefield protect from the
program Grant. Package that is being submitted
by the. From. There is.
Well yes with the town of Montague with the lead and with our partners. And
authorize the chair to sign the document to him so
second second discussion. OK. But I would
I would encourage my fellow board members to vote this down because.
If if you somebody wants to do this grant. For the
for the battlefield go for more power to you it sounds like an interesting project
what I object to is this town's participation as
a partner in that gram and as I've said before the reason I object
to it is because the history at the terms falls airport over the last ten years or
so. That you know it will never project started up
here we had
a five million dollars no cost to the town complete rebuild of the airport now
maybe don't like the airport that's fine but it's there and it was falling apart
and we had the project ready to go with no cost to the town five million dollars
complete rebuilt OK As we sit here in two thousand and twelve the project is still
far from complete taxiway hasn't been touched some of the. Navigational
aids have not been installed yet it was supposed to be
a forty two hundred foot taxiway and runway it's thirty two hundred feet.
Not all but I was on the commission at the time as I'm sure most of you know
so I had kind of
a front row seat and while there were other guilty parties as well consultants
some of the government agencies involved there were other there were other factors
by and large. Where we are today has been driven by the actions
of certain tribal leaders pressing their points of
question questionable veracity. On the Town and plane system and
so and leaving us in
a very bad position. We have lost the funding for infrastructure improvements that
for hangars that we could have been already getting rental space rental fees for
which is how the airport generates its money from here port rentals from land land
leases it's about the only way we can unless the town wants to make
a huge investment in our own hangar space and stuff like that which I can't imagine
that they would. And in the mean time that we have had this
project fall apart and with no end in sight the
tribal leaders involved have been paid not quite one hundred thousand dollars for
their activity at the airport and you talk about this this
bringing financial rewards to the town at best you're trying to catch up for lost
time lost money that we will never recoup not only but
mostly because of the actions of the tribal leaders.
And I do I do want to make I do want to make
a point here make it crystal clear to everybody listening here not all. Just spite
what you may have heard I do not hate Native Americans or eight I don't
like great respect for native Americans There are however three or four specific
tribal leaders who are the ones that promulgating all of us
they're not there are not they are not too happy and if it had been somebody else
other than Native Americans if it had been. The Boy Scouts of America the young
Republican leader of the United States the Sierra Club I don't care who it was if
they had done the same thing and gotten us to the saying point I would be their
friends either. Oh make that clear. That.
Mr grab
a. Good life or in life or this. Problem. I know.
You are not happy. With their life there. Were people who
were sick and you know. Maybe you who have thrown out of their homes there are no
like you go girl really unhappy objectivity here or the mother can be here for
a mission not the Dr and these aren't they started off and you have your bio
somebody's going to see you know. I have this news that your work we're going to or
your report experiences and we're very upset with the whole retraining of the way
that your organs were scored the midwives to them. That was not our mission
that was usually either. I didn't like to get us back you know the battle plan
little head off track I know David pulled
a David had his hand up and then you had Geno. OK You know I got you know Douglas
first oh god. I feel what you
say OK I feel disappointed that you just share.
Any federal project project that utilizes federal funds
for the pearly or is unfit or what. Is referred to as an approval hundred taking.
Once a project is declared to be
a federal undertaking it excepts certain guidelines oral sex one of
those guidelines is. Is to be guided by the National Historic
Preservation Act and the heart of the National Historic Preservation is the
American question. What does the present over to the past.
What does the president oh to the past. Indians didn't write the National
Historic Preservation is a matter of fact it was almost a it was more than
a decade before tribal interests were included in the National Historic
Preservation. But basically. It that's
what is it that in moving forward in making progress or we are about to destroy
that cannot be replaced that is important to American heritage and American
understanding of America self. And so that question gets
asked on any federal project any project five million dollars one hundred
million dollars one million dollars That question has to be answered and there was
an archeological study that had been built into the grant and our office the tribal
historic preservation office was
a participant in that archaeological study and it was considered that
least going back twelve thousand years there might be artifacts. On one
section but one. It so happened that during the examination for that
hand artifacts going back two thousand years seven thousand years and twelve
thousand years work on. It so happened that in examining those are the.
It was an indication that something else was going on on the other side of the room
. And that is the responsibility of the process the State Historic Preservation
office the archaeologists were all involved in Zahn this and says find that
question what the present to them. In that
process what was discovered was
a major ceremonial area for which. The place
that's two thousand seven thousand twelve thousand years. Was simply the camping
ground. Those artifacts were basically to throw off trash where people.
Spent time. When they came to do what they had to do on that other.
So what was attempted then was to follow the law follow the National Historic
Preservation Act that goes along with any federal undertaking. To do
the necessary due diligence of determining what was about to be destroyed and the
hill that was about to be destroyed for real cheap will to go into the runway
was actually
a place of engine several. But the time to pull examination
was complete by the time that issue went to the National Register for Historic
Places in Washington where the Federal Aviation Administration took the issue. To
make good on
a determination. When that determination was made it was made that yes
indeed that was
a sacred Indian place. And that's what we're dealing with now.
When you go when you're when you have
a. Contract you set for what you want to accomplish. You get your contract you get
the funding and then you go by the rules of the agreement and the part of the rules
of the agreement are that you have to abide by the National store Preservation Act
and what you refer to as section one and six that brings Indians in I think it's
important for us to understand that in acquiring improvements to the airport it had
to be done by the rules. And it is not the fault of the Narragansett Indian tribe
that the ancient ancestors of the become top left what they left there but that in
fact was found. And because we have the Narragansett have had
a and ancient relationship with the book come to going back to the to the events
that term falls. In sixteen seventy five and sixty seventy six. As
recent as that. This is
a place of significance. That airport. We know that
events did take place here there are no federal projects that are planned as
a part of in this. But to get money from the federal government to approve an
airport you have to abide by its various assurances and regulations only one
of them. Being the National Historic Preservation. So in following the law
we've got to where we go. And we protect what we've attempted to protect. If
in fact what is being suggested is that the answer to the question what does the
present over the past if the answer is nothing that it's nothing. But that's not
the overall sentiment in the United States over the last hundred fifty years the
overall sentiment is that we need to investigate and we need to determine if in
fact we are about to destroy something of significance that cannot be replaced. But
I hope that that is
a value and. In your thinking because what you had what you said and the passion
with which you said it has been
a value in my thinking. And I'm not here to be an adversary
I'm here on behalf of the Narragansett Indian tribe to be
a source of support. In the growth and progress. Of this this community of
this area. And we feel that this kind of historic examination could in fact be
very positive. Thank you for the holidays this year thank you. I just want to
take up a minute I'll be brief about just bringing. My friend Mark for
a brother Joe gravel up to what I think is
a speed I'ma. Conservation commissioner but I'm also an airport commissioner I took
Mark's Place on the. On the other commission. In the middle of this
controversy just as
a reminder there that there is there are three overlaying. Areas
of interest that the airport is aviation there is the natural heritage issues and
there's the Native American cultural sites therefore trying to juggle all of the
rules and to. Let say go forward has been
a great challenge. For the new From my point of view as
a commissioner the big issue was Chapter one
o six when I came on the commission. It was totally
Morpheus unknown. Process when you bring tourists
all their port up at the commission at meetings with the F.A.A.
And Burlington and they say oh my God Thomas falls and it's not because of all the
controversy but it's the problem that one zero six was not clear the F.A.A.
Did not know. How to Do It did not in force its decisions the tribes in my
opinion the tribes were trying to sort it out and the airport commission. Greatly
entrusted our consultants to guide us and so in conversations with
Mark I tried to express that so and and and direction and responded to Mr Gravel in
closing. We have had extremely positive meetings.
With the tents at the airport over the last three months we are I was appointed
along with the key third yeah and brought her to bring a kind of
a feeling perhaps
a better feeling of cooperation among those groups and to make the airport help
make the airport more user friendly. A new manager has done wonders. And
so we're moving in the right direction and a whole
a whole bunch of areas in close and my sense was that the tribes were
not opposed to the extension it's just that as Doug pointed out. That hill was to
be filled up and turned out that it was not available the extension
is in the capital improvement plan for three or four years from now so there's
still going to go forward yet they. For what they're worth is worth has told us
that they want to proceed with that extension of whether or not it happens whether
or not there's local opposition remains to be seen. So just for the record Thank
you OK John to have you know I'm. OK I'm. OK
We have
a second yeah I'd like to Salem do you want to thank all the trouble for well I
think having gone through the airport piece from a bit of
a distance I think there were
a lot of issues that came up that people perhaps didn't realize were going to
surface or had never been dealt with to to that point and that certainly made
things very difficult here. I find myself thinking I want to move on this is
a totally different project this is something that I feel is very significant to
them as false and to monitor you we certainly over the years have had people who
have said they'd like to actually change the name of Turner's falls to Great Falls
and we haven't gone that route but there's certainly them live discussion downtown
. I think there are some wonderful possibilities that could come out
of the results of this phase one with historic their field as I've mentioned before
plus a whole bunch of other organizations I don't think this is that big
a grant it's only forty thousand dollars and I'd like to see us move along get this
grant and send it in and actually receive the money so we can proceed so we can see
where we might go in the future I think it's
a future that we actually are looking for something that can help all of us either
understand intellectually educationally but also help us economically potentially
maybe not so I'm definitely in favor of sending the school package and OK I just
kind of want to go Pats sentiments we all know these things that have happened in
the past it's a year for and unfortunately we can't change it but I'm at
a point where I'd like to move beyond the I consider your point is just part of
this package there's
a lot more to be discovered out there so I'm I'm actually in support of it.
And Walter what you are Pat when you reinstate what the motion was sure. It's
OK but some of the research shows here well basically I made
a motion that we submit the data Grant battlefield grant application for the
authorizing the chair to sign this and that we support this application OK and
money you will be don't need with money give us the leave and how much time do you
see going into this was just I just think Frank said I have two weeks total
manpower you have it so right over oh yeah once if you want to receive the grant.
Now sixteen or eighteen of the ground to weeks worth of time just doing ministry so
that's like an hour
a week maybe for. A while but with it would be much more than what it was that it
was just really just. Right for the growth on the order. It's not going to
crap any of your other other job he said at this point it wouldn't work would be
done until next year but what if you played accordingly. Right. OK
he said you haven't just done no one things. Just to quit just two quick
comments one I.E.
If I gave the impression I'm sorry but yes you're absolutely Doug you're absolutely
right the Native Americans were absolutely entitled to be there and to consult and
so on and so forth and to Doug you're very gifted speaker. But
yes you are. OK And you have
a question. Yes we're ready to go to support the grant. All those in
favor I I J OK. Passed by majority in the second
one would make a motion to authorize the chair to sign the S.F.
For twenty four requests for federal assistance. So check
a second discussion of all laws in favor I I may OK pass by majority
and third I will make a motion to authorize the chair to sign
a request from other towns and tribes for support of this battlefield grant project
what was that one again. Make
a motion to authorize the chair to sign the request right from other towns and your
items are going to court with us the slip will be sending. Letters to the other
tells us thing there describing what the project is
a request and them to submit letters of support to the park service OK. So I
second this question almost in favor I I thank passed by majority.
OK I'm looking forward to. Puts in the flavor. And see where it
will go. But.
I have one topic right dissipative that I do think. OK well.
Yeah what do you have the structural cleanup is underway for the fat if I would
care for you know there for
a couple days now doing the work and we've already started to get in Boise and
we're under pressure to draw down the funds from the Grant quickly just while that
the money is there we need to deal with drawdown because this project is already
a little bit behind schedule so what I'm asking is for commission.
Chairman to sign these drawdown forms that go to the first card it's part of the
Grant reporting. And because we're going to be doing this on my weekly basis in the
first one I want to get in for Christmas of the press even before the authority to
sign the drawdown requests and what it does is basically it's the chair signs off.
Similar to
a warrant but you still do your foreign separately and would be signing off saying
that everything was done in compliance with the circle and the national consistency
plan in the Massachusetts contingency plan it's the environmental code. That you
are obliged by law to follow we can ask him about that. I think they give us an
extension on
a grant to. They already have Yeah yeah because I know how to use the audio Yes up
to four radio waves to Tito going from one pot of money in its place one of the
better OK I'll make
a motion that we rise the chair to sign the drawdown. For the brownfields
clean up revolving loan fund program. This would be as needed basis he'd still sign
the wards normally comprising the release for the money is just an extra and this
would be after the pilot Strathmore probably just in case that wasn't clear.
Whenever necessary the fact that. We have
a motion second discussion history. Is that you know all right.
This is the brass right marker while building tends to. Help. In this drive for
blood and quite an ordeal to. Believe that this is
a picture of the clean up. With us and we sincerely how to forgive him here for oh
he did before yeah. It's been more than one car and yeah.
OK OK We have
a motion the second. All those in favor by maybe Walter could help us with
this question about where for one of now about Frank becoming B.
But what about in the environmental right now I surf again yeah you know I I don't
know exactly what that album was hacked with all right but then one just old old I
think I could guess but roughly where every time say they are the removal of or all
that it's
a three week job in the year the first week. Or the way
that this. Weather holds they'll be able to is yes I mean whether. It
be another couple. Times it's good OK Thank you.
Rick.
The old rocking that's not appropriate right or wrong. But.
I would say you know the only.
Thing is the answer
a question that has the property has been assessed. Or creases I'm. Just
curious and in
a woman's temples as Best somebody has it's something very different if I remember
that I even just some aspects of disco made all of the collapse.
Come. That we have to have.
Thank you we're also. Thankful for all. You can buy this.
But they're all listed here. OK so. Are the.
Numbers but. You're. OK I just wondered because they're
listed in studio print Yes I see but they were different forms so I. Think place
two different for us instead of. Saying Weiss and. So
on that looks like that's what we're up to. Next. We have on the agenda to
approve the annual permits is set forth in the attached documents and also to
improve the A.B.C.
See on and off premise license renewal application is set forth in the attached
documents here and I will recruit as myself homework on licenses to make about how
much we make mark their brother careful. Second to handle the official ranks but
that's OK I'll make my I was going to say. The night I can't see past my past my
nose the I will read them how do you. Think I am. And
so you need to leave. OK they go they have for about half an hour you want to talk
to them. I will make the motions.
How do we do we want to do it as one giant motion. Rather than I mean I suppose we
need to do I mean it's really. Yes but we have to read.
Here we should we should just read yeah I was going to be able to read them all I'm
just wondering I don't think there's anything here that we should problem that
would be the only reason to. Literally do them one at
a time. Just give about just getting
a permit number the name of the company in the type you know I will make
a motion that we. Approved the annual permits and the A.B.C.
You see on and off premises license renewal applications. As
specified in the listing I'm about to read. OK
the second. Reading I was going to say were OK We had
a reading first All right first permit number nineteen and twenty two. Well see
doing business is Carol's market at thirty three use named St Miller's falls liquor
license package store beer and wine and common vigil or license second one would be
permit number seventeen for Crestview liquors sixty eight unity street turners
falls the type of license liquor license package for all alcohol the third one
would be permits number fifteen and two.
I see what's happening here because that's their Tutu's into fifteen someone
they're kind of different once. Thank you thank you we're going to change just
a little bit so that Crystal Spring investments L.L.C.
Doing business is known as Pub twenty nine East Main Street Millers Falls perma
number fifteen for a liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number two for
a common vigil or license permit number fifteen entertainment license and permit
number two auto amusement device license the fourth one would be for Crooked River
corporation doing business as food city two hundred fifty Ave way turners falls
permit number sixteen liquor license package store beer and wine permit number
thirty two come invigilators license next one would be Jake's tavern at sixty six
ave
a turners falls permit number three liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number
three come in vigil are license permit number two entertainment license and auto
amusement device license purple meadow ventures incorporated doing business is Jay
case fifty nine Avenue A turners falls permit number twenty four liquor license
package for all alcohol Millers Falls Rod and Gun two thousand and ten are turners
Falls Road turners falls permit number eleven liquor license club all alcohol
permit number for common fiddler license permit number three entertainment license
permit number thirteen auto amusement device license Montagu Elks one elk Ave
turners falls from Number six liquor license club all alcohol permit number five
common fiddlers license permit number four entertainment license permit number for
auto amusement device license. A.T.M. Properties L.L.C.
Doing business is the Montague in forty five Federal Street Montagu permit number
thirty five liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number six common Villars
license permit number ten entertainment license from and number five auto amusement
device license. Sam Young song doing business as Montague mini mart sixty Main
Street Montague permit number eighteen liquor license package for beer and wine
rocket science L.L.C.
Doing business as rendezvous seventy third Street turners falls permit number
thirty four liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number seven common vigil
or slices permit number thirteen entertainment license permit number six auto
amusement device license Jr saloon L.L.C.
Doing business as Route sixty three road house thirty two Federal Street Miller's
falls permit number eight liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number eight
common vigil was licensed permit number five entertainment license permit number
three auto mews meant device license saying Kazimierz society one ninety seven
Avenue way Turner's falls permit number to liquor license club all alcohol permit
number ten common vigil or slice and permit number seven entertainment license
permit seven auto. Amusement device license is that automatic
and I'm saying auto Well these times are automated maybe automated probably the
next is St Stanislaus society six K.
Street turners falls permit number ten liquor license club all alcohol permit
number eleven common vigil or slices permit number sixteen entertainment Bisons
permit number eight auto amusement device license between the uprights L.L.C.
Doing business as between the operates at second Street twenty three ave
a turners fault permit number five liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit
number nine Common Villars license permit number six entertainment license permit
number ten auto amusement device license. Thomas memorial Golf and Country Club the
entire property dining building and club house Country Club Lane turners falls
permit number seven liquor license restaurant all alcohol permit number twelve
common fiddlers license permit number thirteen common Villars license one for the
dining building one for the clubhouse permit number eight entertainment license and
permit number fourteen is that the old Ok so forget that. Are you
pizza incorporated doing business is terms falls pizza one thousand ave
a turners falls permit number for
a liquor license restaurant beer and wine permit number fourteen come Vittal or
license permit number eleven auto amusement device license. And we have
signed. Yet and. That's one of the
stars falls right in the gun club fifteen the pole drive turns false permit number
thirteen liquor license club all alcohol permit number fifteen common Villar
license permit number nine entertainment license next is the lady killer group cafe
incorporated doing business as
a lady killer group for forty four Greenfield Road Montagu permit number twenty
nine liquor license restaurant beer and wine permit number seventeen common fiddler
license next is the Night Kitchen incorporated doing business as the Night Kitchen
for forty Greenfield Road Montagu permit number thirty liquor license restaurant
all alcohol permit number twenty one common fiddler license permit and under
nineteen Entertainment. Next is Ristorante depart lower incorporated doing business
as Ristorante Di Paolo one sixty six ave
a turners falls permit number thirty three liquor license restaurant all alcohol
permit number twenty eight common Villar license permit number seventeen
entertainment next is John M.
Keating doing businesses burrito ROIC fifty third Street turners falls permit
number thirty six liquor license restaurant beer and wine permit number twenty nine
Common fiddler license permit number eighteen entertain the next the newest black
cow burger one twenty five ave
a turners falls permit number forty liquor license restaurant beer and wine permit
number thirty one common Villar license last shady glen incorporated seven Avenue
way Turner's fall permit number forty one liquor license restaurant beer and wine
permanent under nineteen common vigil or license. Now the
miscellaneous license list. Well if you want to do that first part first
what will you OK to do so we're clear on what I'm out of all this. All second
OK this red. Motion and second holes in free will I.
Continue next week I'll make
a motion that we approve the. License renewal
applications for new licenses for the miscellaneous license list D.N.D.
Motors thirty four Bridge Street Millers Falls permit number one for
a class two Bob's Auto three o three ave a turn if false permit number two for
a class to permit number one for
a class three. The cooks or cooks cooks cooks auto sales ninety eight turners
Falls Road turners falls permit number nine class two marks auto Federal Street
Montague permit number eight Class two Montague garage ten stations St Montague
permit number ten class two N.B.
Motor Sales for sixty turn assaults road Montagu permit number nineteen class to
rouse an oak zero five thirty one turners Falls Road Montagu permit number six
Class two permit number two class three Maskey general contractor one eighty six
turners Falls Road Montagu permit number fifteen for Class two stones equipment
repair for seventy six for seventy seven Federal Street Montague permit number four
for Class two Jarvis auto sales seventy one Eleventh Street terminus falls permit
number twelve class two subway fifty seven Avenue way Turner's false
permanent member eighteen common Vettel or license shady glen seven Avenue way turn
it falls permit number nineteen for
a common bit work license Scotties it sixty six unity street turners falls perm
number twenty come and orders Life country creamy to sixty eight dollars Falls Road
turns fall permit number twenty three common fiddlers life Beijing station fifty
seven Avenue way turners falls permit twenty four common settlers license second
Street. Baking Company at one hundred four Fourth Street Turner's fall permit
number twenty five common fiddler license. Sprinkle soft serve one ninety four
turners Falls Road turners falls permit number twenty six common vigil is license
Roberto's family restaurant one ninety six turners Falls Road Montague permit
number twenty seven common fiddlers license. Planning you book no Greenfield Road
Montagu permit number eleven entertainment license Heritage House permit number one
lodging house license Franklin County Housing Authority permit number two lodging
house license. Second. Motion to the second
discussion so you know those are. Where. You really.
Are
a number of. No really well over there when I. Should
we don't change them every year they just say it was over three
o two. Possible
you know which Make sure the word was when but when. If we try to change it now
John was all. Right if we try to reorganize it now that way.
Sir. Welcome back we we we definitely beyond are not US are
nicely. Can we actually
vote this or just make an announcement on those who aren't. So it's OK I'll make
a motion that we signed the renewal certification two thousand and thirteen.
For licensees who failed to renew for two thousand and thirteen and that would be
Walter Williams requires store one twenty five Ave A turns falls and holy smokes
limited fifty two ave
a turners falls. If they didn't renew while you're voting then I
think. I think. They they need to complete
their. At the A.B.C.
See OK In that case I'll second the.
Motion the second I was in favor I. Reached the. Happy to
turn the meeting back over that was like OK OK when. Oh that was your cut here was
my. I'm practicing my signature OK Do we have anything else I think that completes
the oh the one thing I want to remind people is the power town pop up store is open
through the holidays and we actually voted to allow them to continue the least but
right now they've got some wonderful crafts for sale almost all the items are
Franklin County crafts people there
a couple from East Hampton but by and large it's
a large selection of Gill Montagu other local people so stop and if you haven't had
a chance it's right down the corner of Third and ave
a. Kitty and supports river culture. Will kill you if you have to disappoint.
You if you were so moved second always
a favorite I think and which everybody happy holidays out there in T.V.
Land good night.